$$ Strawberries Pay $$ 
Here are the folks who collect the profits—sometimes large, sometimes 
small, but better on the average than any other crop we know. 
1. Commercial Growers who produce strawberries year after year as a 
main money crop. 
2. Poultrymen, dairymen, vegetable growers and general farmers who find 
strawberries ideal as a cash crop to work in with their main lines. 
3. Homeowners or small landholders, who are not full time farmers, like 
strawberries as an extra money crop to make the best use of a small acreage 
or part time. 
4. Beginners, whether “greenhorns” from the city or regular farm folks, 
can grow strawberries profitably. It’s being done right along—read some of 
the letters. 
5. Young people, boys or girls. Some are growing berries as a part of 
vocational class projects—others because their parents have given them a 
chance to have a crop of their own and money of their own. It’s a fine starter 
for youngsters as strawberries do pay. 
Paying Crops 
Virginia 
Pennsylvania 
Norfolk Co., March 21, 1940. I have 
bought plants from your firm ever 
since 1S9S and they always proved 
fine. My Fairfax beds this year will have very 
large crops on them. Last year I picked around 
10,000 quarts of Dorsett to the acre.—Mr. W. G. 
Niven. 
Montgomery Co., Feb. 19, 
1940. Last year for seven 
weeks we had practically no 
rain. In spite of this I picked something over 
5500 quarts from an acre of Catskill, Dorsett, 
Fairfax and Big Joe. I wired you for a rush 
shipment and 40 hours from the time the order 
was sent I had the plants in the ground. Good 
work. This year I will set another acre.—Mr. 
H. W. Flagg. 
Duplin Co., April 12, 1940. 
The 3,00 0 Blakemore 
strawberry plants I or¬ 
dered in 1938 did fine. I picked 80 24-qt. crates 
of them the year 1939. Well pleased with your 
plants. Finest I have ever grown.—Mr. E. L. 
Rivenbark. 
iVCW York Wyoming Co., April 4, 1940. I 
received your strawberry plants 
in the spring of 1938, very satis¬ 
factory. They grew well and last summer I 
picked over 2700 quarts from the 1000 plants 
which I think is very good. I am sending my 
order for the spring.—Mr. Lyle McConnell. 
North Carolina 
Missouri 
of Fairfax, 
Teter. 
Indiana 
Jackson Co., 
a wonderful 
spring looks 
Dorsett and 
April 7, 1940. I had 
crop last year and this 
good with your plants 
Big Joe.—Mr. M. M. 
Hendricks Co., April 8, 1940. We 
were so pleased with the plants 
ordered in 1938. They bore the nicest 
berries in the country. We received twice as 
much for what we sold as anyone around us. 
Could have sold a lot more if we had had them. 
Everyone said they never saw such large fruit. 
We sure have boosted your plants and berries.— 
Mr. Herbert Goodman. 
Ollio Marion Co., June 17, 1940. The berries 
I got from you a year ago are doing fine, 
bearing nice large fruit in abundance, 
and the berry plants I received this year are 
growing well,—Mr. Charles O. Weaver. 
Illinois Macon Co., April 4, 1940. From 1000 
of your Premier plants set in 1937 I 
picked 83 twenty-four quart crates in 
1 938. These all sold for $3.50 per crate except 
the picking on Decoration Day which brought 
$3.25.—Mr. E. R. Sigmon. 
Dollars and Sense 
From our 56 years exnerience we offer the 
following suggestions to help make your straw¬ 
berry profits sure, large and consistent. 
1. Follow good cultural practices such as sug¬ 
gested under “Common Sense Methods” pages 
22 to 25. 
2. Select some of your best land for your 
strawberry patches. The best paying crop de¬ 
serves—and needs—the best land. 
3. Have berries every year—a year skipped 
is sure to be the high price year. 
4. Set a good sized plot—1,000—5,000—10,000 
plants that you can handle properly—but no 
more. Don’t “go crazy” and overload because 
of tine returns the previous year. 
5. Select the best varieties for your soil, 
climate and market requirements. This berry 
book describes varieties fairly. On page 34, 
we “pick the winners.” 
6. Start with good plants, strong crowns, well 
developed roots, true to name. 
7. Use every effort to have berries picked and 
handled carefully. Careful picking is better 
than grading after picking. 
8. Use clean, bright crates and boxes and 
market as promptly as possible after picking. 
Precooling helps if facilities are available. 
9. Study possible markets and make use of 
the ones that pay best. Wholesale produce 
markets, local auctions, roadside markets, sales 
to grocers, restaurants, hotels, etc., sales at 
the farm by the quart or by the load, are all 
methods in wide use. 
10. Advertise. A brand or label to identify 
a good pack, an ad in a local paper, a sign at 
the farm, or a sample to the prospective buyer, 
may be the means of increasing price or sales 
volume of good strawberries. 
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